Any experience with Florida Colleges and Homeschool high school foreign language?

[ByGrace3]

Florida universities require 2 years of foreign language to graduate from university. Those 2 years can be from high school or college. I have heard that some universities do not accept homeschool foreign language credits unless they are through an accredited online school (such as FLVS). I am wondering if anyone has experience with this? my dd went out of state for college so I wasn't worried about it but now she is looking to transfer back in state and now it is a concern. 

I know that if there is any way to send in some type of documentation we would be fine but is that a thing? Just wondering if anyone has had any experience with this. 

I also teach homeschool high school Spanish so want to be able to help my students navigate this requirement as well. 

[luuknam]

Can't comment on Florida, but a couple of thoughts popped into my head. Do they accept CLEPs etc? At our local U you can test out of 1-2 years worth of language depending on the language and the score. There might be other testing options too. Even if she can't test out of 2 full years, testing out of some is better than out of none. 

The other thought is that iirc when I transferred from one place to another the second place would've accepted a completed gen ed core curriculum from the first place to avoid needing to take any gen ed core curriculum classes, even though the first place didn't require foreign language and they did. Both of those were in the same state though, and that state was not Florida (and it's long ago enough now that who knows it's even still true). 

[Lori D.]

4 hours ago, ByGrace3 said:

Florida universities require 2 years of foreign language to graduate from university. Those 2 years can be from high school or college. I have heard that some universities do not accept homeschool foreign language credits unless they are through an accredited online school (such as FLVS). I am wondering if anyone has experience with this? my dd went out of state for college so I wasn't worried about it but now she is looking to transfer back in state and now it is a concern. 

I know that if there is any way to send in some type of documentation we would be fine but is that a thing? Just wondering if anyone has had any experience with this. 

Until you contact the specific university and ask, no way of knowing.

DOES the new school want "accredited" foreign language credits? And if so, the only paperwork that will work there is if your DD took her foreign language in an accredited way -- either at her current university as a college student. Or in high school as dual enrollment, or under an accredited "umbrella" program.

Or, if the new school allows CLEPs (credit by exam) for the specific foreign language courses that they want.

As a side note: if she's transferring, she may have more than just foreign language to fill in at the school she is transferring to -- once she submits her transcripts to the new university, they will determine which courses/credits from her current college that they will accept (or not) as fulfilling the new school's specific set of courses for the degree. For example, not all gen. ed. courses transfer from one college to another as meeting the new school's specific gen. ed. requirements...

Sadly, transfer usually means having to "re-do" some classes in order to jump through the new school's new hoops. 

I know that my post is not at all answering your question -- I am just posting as a heads up that, even if the foreign language all works out, there may be some other unexpected "holes" that she HAS filled at her current school--but that the new school won't accept... [grrrrr]

Edited July 11 by Lori D.

[ByGrace3]

15 hours ago, Lori D. said:

Until you contact the specific university and ask, no way of knowing.

DOES the new school want "accredited" foreign language credits? And if so, the only paperwork that will work there is if your DD took her foreign language in an accredited way -- either at her current university as a college student. Or in high school as dual enrollment, or under an accredited "umbrella" program.

Or, if the new school allows CLEPs (credit by exam) for the specific foreign language courses that they want.

As a side note: if she's transferring, she may have more than just foreign language to fill in at the school she is transferring to -- once she submits her transcripts to the new university, they will determine which courses/credits from her current college that they will accept (or not) as fulfilling the new school's specific set of courses for the degree. For example, not all gen. ed. courses transfer from one college to another as meeting the new school's specific gen. ed. requirements...

Sadly, transfer usually means having to "re-do" some classes in order to jump through the new school's new hoops. 

I know that my post is not at all answering your question -- I am just posting as a heads up that, even if the foreign language all works out, there may be some other unexpected "holes" that she HAS filled at her current school--but that the new school won't accept... [grrrrr]

Thank you. Yes, I am aware of transfer credits. She is taking a year "off" at a Bible institute this year and will be taking a few online classes to meet prerequisites for the new university. Also, this is not a specific university thing-- it is all of Florida state universities. I was just curious of others' experiences. 

[Lori D.]

1 hour ago, ByGrace3 said:

Thank you. Yes, I am aware of transfer credits. She is taking a year "off" at a Bible institute this year and will be taking a few online classes to meet prerequisites for the new university. Also, this is not a specific university thing-- it is all of Florida state universities. I was just curious of others' experiences. 

I'm sorry. The whole Florida state university situation sounds very frustrating.

She will know more once she contacts the FL state university she will eventually transfer to. That way she'll know if she will also need to take the foreign language as part of the prerequisites she will be doing online. 

Hope that will not be necessary! Wishing DD all the BEST in the transfer process.

[Melanie32]

My daughter is attending UF. They did not accept her high school foreign language credits. She is a transfer student and they are letting her fulfill the requirement through a different route that is basically like the language of computers/math. They are accepting some CLEP tests and a class she took at our local CC for this requirement. I know they are pickier for freshman admissions though.

[Gil]

On 7/11/2024 at 12:36 PM, ByGrace3 said:

Florida universities require 2 years of foreign language to graduate from university. Those 2 years can be from high school or college. I have heard that some universities do not accept homeschool foreign language credits unless they are through an accredited online school (such as FLVS). I am wondering if anyone has experience with this? my dd went out of state for college so I wasn't worried about it but now she is looking to transfer back in state and now it is a concern. 

I know that if there is any way to send in some type of documentation we would be fine but is that a thing? Just wondering if anyone has had any experience with this. 

I also teach homeschool high school Spanish so want to be able to help my students navigate this requirement as well. 

No, this is incorrect, Florida Public Universities do not accept highschool classes to fulfill a college credit.

There are several colleges that have 2 years of Highs School Language as an admission requirement.

The Florida Universities that I've checked with typically have a placement test for students who want to test out of the beginners classes.

To recieve a BA from several Florida Universities (I just haven't check them all) they require 2 (or 3) semesters of a foreign language taken at the college level.